The first thread I ever posted to contained had turned into a debate on whether or not unrhymed verse could be considered good poetry. I chose a nickname and sig (slightly paraphrased) from a poem that I have loved for many years and that I thought aptly summed up my vies on the question.
Spiritus Mundi was a medieval text for Christians which instructed them on how to die in the grace of God. This also has some personal resonances which I enjoy. (Hint – think irony).
The best lack all conviction
The worst are full of passionate intensity.
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The favorite catch-phrase of Sylvester on Loony Tunes cartoons, the little black and white puddy-tat with the speech impediment… OH MY GOD, that makes me another “cat” poster!! I could just die…
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“Believe those who seek the truth.
Doubt those who find it.” --Andre Gide
Well, I’d like to say I have a God complex or that I’m into bestiality, but no. I’m a puppeteer and puppet builder, so I literally make critters. It was either this or “HandUpYrButt,” and I guess I chickened out.
I used to post on the New York Times Forum. When I logged on, I first tried Primus. It was taken. Then I tried Segundus. It was taken. Tertius was taken. You can see how it went from there.
I used the same set of names in a four year period of fantasy gaming a good while back, too for a succession of would be wizards, each the descendant of the first character to try to invent magic. The entire exercise was planned to achieve the name Triskadecamus, though. In the fantasy story world, as it turned out, Triskadecamus was female. I always alternated male and female characters when I played, and it was “Ladies first.” so the odd numbered descendents of Primus were all females and the even ones males.
Since that time, I have pretty much stayed with Triskadecamus as nom de cyber. I don’t think it is wise to use your legal name on line, but I prefer having some sense of personal responsibility for conduct in the virtual community. I have not ever met another Triskadecamus, so I pretty much feel responsible for how I am perceived on the net, and will continue to use the name. <P ALIGN=“CENTER”>Tris</P>
During the '84 election coverage, Dan Rather referred to a panel of election experts as “pundits.” My friend remarked, “That would be pretty cool. Do you think they put that on their resume? I think I’ll put it on mine? What do you think I could be a pundit of?” I replied,“Grammar.” and we both cracked up.
Since then, I’ve been a self-designated pundit. Of what, I have no clue.
Glitch is the name of the keytool (a handy dandy device that can do all sorts of wonderful things … hey, kind of like me :)) that Bob the Guardian wore in a computer animated show called ReBoot.
Chris is (part of) my first name. CTP stands for Corner Table Poets, a compilation of poems written by my friends and myself that I put together. The plan was to do one every year, but I’ve only done two so far. The third year, editorial duties were shifted to CatRimbaud at her request, and three years later, we’re still waiting.
I called it Corner Table Poets because, at the time, we were all getting together at Perkins every night and we had a permanent claim on the big corner table in the back of the smoking section.
“…all the prettiest girls live in Des Moines…”
–Jack Kerouac, On the Road
I posted this before, but I guess certain questions have cycles; a certain number of arrivals and departures changes the mix enough to take some surveys again, because “everybody” no longer knows “everybody” on the board.
So. This is from “Hunting of the Snark” by Lewis Carroll.
"Humpty-Dumpty’s theory, of two meanings packed into one word like a portmanteau, seems to me the right explanation for all.
" For instance, take the two words ‘fuming’ and ‘furious’. Make up your mind that you will say both words, but leave it unsettled which you will say first. Now open your mouth and speak. If your thoughts incline ever so little towards ‘fuming’, you will say ‘fuming-furious’; if they turn, even by a hair’s breadth, towards ‘furious’, you will say ‘furious-fuming’; but if you have that rarest of gifts, a perfectly balanced mind, you will say ‘frumious’.
"Supposing that, when Pistol uttered the well-known words–
‘Under which king, Bezonian? Speak or die!’
Justice Shallow had felt certain that it was either William or Richard, but had not been able to settle which, so that he could not possible say either name before the other, can it be doubted that, rather than die, he would have gasped out ‘Rilchiam!’"
Remember, I’m pulling for you; we’re all in this together.
—Red Green
